wnj

Egyptian

Pronunciation

 

• (reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːnit/ → /ˈwiːniʔ/ → /ˈwiːna/ → /ˈwiːnə/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːnit/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːniʔ/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːna/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /ˈwiːnə/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛni/
  • Conventional anglicization: weni

Verb

 3ae inf.

1. (intransitive or reflexive, usually in the imperative) to rush, to hurry
2. (transitive or intransitive with ḥr) to pass by
3. (transitive) to ignore, to take no heed of (evil, speech, etc.)
4. (transitive) to neglect or dismiss (a person)

Inflection

Conjugation of wnj (third weak / 3ae inf. / III. inf.) — base stem: wn, geminated stem: wnn

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
wnt, wnj	wnw, wn	wnt, wnwt, wnyt	wn	wn, wny

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
wn8, wnn8	ḥr wnt, ḥr wnj	m wnt, m wnj	r wnt, r wnj

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	wn.n	wnw, wn, wny	consecutive	wn.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	wnt, wnyt
perfective3	wn	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	wn.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	wn, wny	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	wnw, wn, wny	wnw, wn, wny	potentialis1	wn.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	wn, wny	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	wn.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	wnw1, wny, wn	active + .tj1, .tw2	wn	wny, wn
imperfective	wnn, wnny, wnnw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	wnn, wnnj6, wnny6	wnn, wnnw5
prospective	wnw1, wny, wn, wntj7	—	wnwtj1 4, wntj4, wnt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine. Third-person masculine statives of this class often have a final -y instead of the expected stative ending.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wnj  

wnj

[New Kingdom]

Descendants

• Fayyumic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲓⲛⲓ (ouini)
• Sahidic Coptic: ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲛⲉ (oueine)

References

• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 313.10–314.6
• Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 61